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to get us out of the wars. they protect several liberties and bring people together to realize we have to cut spending. there is no doubt it is a major task. i believe this program has a much better chance of solving our problems than continuing with the status quo. >> we like to keep our reputation here the national press club. why cannot you outline what the spending cuts are today? if you're going to bring the soldiers home, we have 40 million unemployed people in united states right now, we would like them to be consumers but where will they find jobs? >> bring them home. you don't put them out on the street. i do want to look at example, look at world war ii. there were five or 6 million people that got out of the military. they came home and slashed the military budget like 60% and cut taxes 30%. we finally went back to work again. i would not be frightened by that. if you understand the market, don't have to be concerned. as far as the cuts, i can talk in broad categories but i want to design a program w
to get us out of the wars. they protect several liberties and bring people together to realize we have to cut spending. there is no doubt it is a major task. i believe this program has a much better chance of solving our problems than continuing with the status quo. >> we like to keep our reputation here the national press club. why cannot you outline what the spending cuts are today? if you're going to bring the soldiers home, we have 40 million unemployed people in united states right...
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are the tradeoffs good trade house for us? >> thank you. >> on april 13, the federal reserve board and the federal insurance corp. issued a joint report summarizing results of a horizontal review. you found critical weaknesses. foreclosure documents and oversight and monitoring of third-party vendors which resulted in unsafe and unsound violations. simultaneously, it you entered into a consent orders with these third-party service providers which required them to take steps to correct the problems identified. they were required to conduct a thorough review of actions that were pending through december 30 to identify borrowers that have been financially harmed by practices. i understand retention of these firms in the process was required to be spelled out in engagement letters that they have to approve. what is the status of these engagement letters? have all of the banks maintained their firms? have they spelled ups the manner? how you respond to the criticize -- criticism is that they were overly vague and allow them to deve
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you helped us build this pledge. you help us gain a majority. it is your obligation to do with the american people say. i think all of the no that america is facing big challenges, whether it is the undermining of our focus. there are big challenges. americans are the most resilient people on the face of the earth. while the days and not as bright as we would like, there really is a shining city on the hill. if they would work together, there's nothing we cannot accomplish. all it takes is a little work. i played football in high school. they won a lot mistake aba championships. i was trying to think back about what they learned. it boiled down to this. there's nothing in this world to cannot accomplish or 60 that if you are willing to work hard enough and willing to make the sacrifices that are necessary. i looked back over my life and career. there is not one of you here that cannot look back over your own life and career and realize that the formula works well for you to. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> th
you helped us build this pledge. you help us gain a majority. it is your obligation to do with the american people say. i think all of the no that america is facing big challenges, whether it is the undermining of our focus. there are big challenges. americans are the most resilient people on the face of the earth. while the days and not as bright as we would like, there really is a shining city on the hill. if they would work together, there's nothing we cannot accomplish. all it takes is a...
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we had a dull said to us under their wings and started to teach us. -- adults, that took us under their wings and started to teach us. this was in 1972. and things started to change. we did not suddenly get out of poverty. life was still challenging. i worked my way through college. i went from working at a restaurant to driving a school bus to supervising kids at lunch. i did every job i could think of to work my way through college. i worked my way through law school. god brought me a wonderful, got the man who also gave his life when he was 16. my husband was also a farmer and his grandmother had a kg on the television and keep -- had billy kurram on television and he also gave his life to the lord. and there was a film series by france's shaver called "how should we then now live" and in that film series talked about how jesus needs to be a part of every part of our life. at that time we were not even boyfriend and girlfriend. dr. schaefer said abortion was the watershed issue of our time. how people view that will determine how they view so many other issues. that struck a chord wi
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god bless you and thank you for being with us. ♪ >> good morning. good morning, everyone. >> we're so grateful you are joining us for conversation with the candidates today. our intention is to promote understanding with world affairs around the granite state. that goal is never more important than in a primary election here. in the last election, less than 10% of americans considered foreign policy when voting. it is now a national initiative of the world affairs councils of america to engage america in the most pressing national security issues facing our country. here at the world affairs council of new hampshire, we are hoping to find a platform of candidates and the public to discuss foreign policy. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> i spent most of my life in public service. i remember the years i spent in washington, d.c. as a congressman. 6-12 years occurred when ronald reagan was president. i remember the notion was, we had to cut taxes, stay the course. then from that pivotal moment, the economy got stronger, and w
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give us the patriot act. do what you can to make us safe. that will not make a save. washington d.c. is incapable of keeping us save. what will keep us safe is a strong belief in our responsibilities to ourselves, our family, our neighbors, and assuming responsibility for ourselves. going in this wrong direction, we have driven this country into bankruptcy. we now face a horrendous problem because we do not believe in honest money anymore. the most significant and most rent in event to us as a result of the lack of understanding of families and civil-rights and the constitution has driven us to the sovereign debt problem. it is worldwide. this debt is so huge that it is greater than anything in the world. it is threatening the breakdown of society. we see riots in the streets in greece. there is going to be a lot of anger. we have had too much dependence on the government taking care of our sales. not of enough faith put in ourselves. people of faith should understand how importing it is to not become dependent on the government whether it is in social ways or whateve
give us the patriot act. do what you can to make us safe. that will not make a save. washington d.c. is incapable of keeping us save. what will keep us safe is a strong belief in our responsibilities to ourselves, our family, our neighbors, and assuming responsibility for ourselves. going in this wrong direction, we have driven this country into bankruptcy. we now face a horrendous problem because we do not believe in honest money anymore. the most significant and most rent in event to us as a...
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host: tell us about the poll numbers that came out last night. guest: this is the establishment, the real poll of new hampshire done by the university of new hampshire, the most credible that we have got. we partner with the television station here. no real risk but -- surprise about who is in first place, a release sizable leadn this state. he has never been second place since we have done this poll. he got 37% support britain next place is a surprise, herman cain, who has 12%. herman cain has obviously been rising nationally in the poll. but in new hampshire, he is only been here once, shaking hands, and that how can it rises in the polls. so we're scratching our heads as to how he is in second pce. but good for him. third is ron paul. ron paul with 9%, who has always had a strong contention here. -- contingent here. he has been second place in recent polls but is there. jon huntsman, rudy giuliani, who was getting so smoke signals in new hampshire that he was running for president even a couple of weeks ago, and it is more difficult for him to
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that's the best policy for us. many will say he has done as best as he could with what he inherited, problems caused by bush's policies. seriously, that will be their defense. a lot of people make the mistake of assuming that even if obama wins, there will be a republican house. 61 house members represent districts obama carried. many buy it more than 10 points. very hard for a freshman to survive that kind of wave in their district. is it likely the republicans will keep the house? it is. it's not huge, but it is solid. it is not for certain. that will be more race than people think. as far as the senate is concerned, many are sure -- republicans in have to pick up for it but i'm not so sure. the democratic seats are in pretty safe places like ryland. you only wind teddy kennedy's seats once in your lifetime. -- save places like rhode island. we are unlikely to pick up ryeland or vermont. some of the good states have democrats who have performed extremely well at the ballot box like ben nelson, other senators. the
that's the best policy for us. many will say he has done as best as he could with what he inherited, problems caused by bush's policies. seriously, that will be their defense. a lot of people make the mistake of assuming that even if obama wins, there will be a republican house. 61 house members represent districts obama carried. many buy it more than 10 points. very hard for a freshman to survive that kind of wave in their district. is it likely the republicans will keep the house? it is. it's...
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europe, build better railroads than us. korea, more broadband access than us. at a time when millions of unemployed construction workers could be building all that stuff right here in the united states of america. my question to congress -- [applause] >> my question to congress is, what are you waiting for? the work is there to be done. there are workers ready to do it, contractors, they are begging for work. they'll come in on time under budget. interest rates have never been lower. it's time for us to put those folks to work and it's time to pass the america cang jobs act. pass this -- american jobs act. pass this bill! [applause] >> if congress passes this jobs bill, new companies will get new tax credits for hiring america's veterans. think about it. we ask these men and women to leave their families, disrupt their careers, risk their lives for our nation. the last thing they should ask to do is to fight for a job when they come home. [cheers and applause] >> tell congress pass this bill so we can help the people who create most of the new jobs in this coun
europe, build better railroads than us. korea, more broadband access than us. at a time when millions of unemployed construction workers could be building all that stuff right here in the united states of america. my question to congress -- [applause] >> my question to congress is, what are you waiting for? the work is there to be done. there are workers ready to do it, contractors, they are begging for work. they'll come in on time under budget. interest rates have never been lower. it's...
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they now saw around us as the apostle paul so eloquently said, -- now surround us. we will not be silent. we will not be intimidated and we will not go away until america is restored to the principles upon which she was founded. [applause] let me tell you what is going to happen here in iowa and nationally in the next 12 months as a result of this organization, the faith and freedom coalition. we are going to distribute over 40 million voter guides in america's evangelical and pro- family churches. we are going to build a profile of socially conservative voters , a voter file that will be 27 million voters strong. we are going to contact every one of those voters 7-12 times. we are going to mail them, telephoned them, and e-mail them. if they have not vote by election day, we are going to pick them up and take them to the polls and to make sure they vote. [applause] and when the dust settles, barack obama and michelle obama are going to be packing boxes into a moving van that is going to pull up to 1600 pennsylvania avenue and he is going to go back to chicago where
they now saw around us as the apostle paul so eloquently said, -- now surround us. we will not be silent. we will not be intimidated and we will not go away until america is restored to the principles upon which she was founded. [applause] let me tell you what is going to happen here in iowa and nationally in the next 12 months as a result of this organization, the faith and freedom coalition. we are going to distribute over 40 million voter guides in america's evangelical and pro- family...
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you can use that line. tell us about your interest in electoral politics and whether or not you're paying attention to the presidential races thus far and whether or not you are enthused about being involved this cycle. we'd like to hear what you're thinking for our guest, heather smith, who is, as i mentioned, president of rock the vote. you spent your whole life in political organizing. how did you come into it in the first place? guest: i started all of this work around issues related stuff. so as a college student i was very passionate about social justice issues and also the environment. i ended up doing a grassroots organizing school called green corps and they taught me how to organize in communities and organize my peers to make change on issues that we cared about. and after doing that for a couple years, we'd win some, lose some, we'd win some, lose some, and i thought without the political power of my peers and actually participating in the voting process that we can flever really make change tha
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most of them hate us. i think he's a much more traditional politician than people thought. >> i always remember a senator on the intelligence committee is saying to me you are the only oversight for the intelligence community. and i said what do you mean, you are the intelligence committee, you are the only oversight. >> do you believe the value of the information you have released to the public is worth the pressures you face time wise and money wise? >> absolutely. >> do you believe the value of the information is worth the individual consequences you face? >> i do. i thought about it at the time and i think i decided that with the nsa stories and other stories, i decided if i do not write these stories, i should get out of the business because this is what you get in the business to do. if you are not going to do these stories, what are you going to do? these are the best stories you are ever going to get. i thought during that time that this is why i got to be a reporter. if i'm not going to do it now,
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you can send us an e-mail or tweet, or find us on facebook. what you think about the idea of protecting the unemployed from bais when they go looking for job -- from bias. selena katia found a temporary job at a delivery company that master qualifications. but the 55-year-old from cleveland said the reporter from the employment agency if told her she would not be considered for the job since she had been out of work too long. do you think this is necessary? have you experienced discrimination? let's look at what is happening with the jobs bill. that will be up for votes in the senate tomorrow. the senate looks at taking up that legislation. it has been nearly two weeks since president obama urged a crowd of supporters in denver to turn up the heat on lawmakers in washington to pass the $447 -- $447 billion jobs bill. let's go to the phones call. and from west palm beach, democrats line, richard, good morning. caller: good morning. why do they give the president sent a hard time to pass a jobs bill? i have been out of work five years. i cannot
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this blue line is us. the united states used to be held sized chunk of global growth. the baseline is great. whenever i expected to make for living yesterday, i have a better chance this year. new economic activity at the margin. with europe and the united states in crisis, we have dipped into negative factors in terms of global growth activity. from china and india went through the roof. going back to the old pattern, it is not extraordinary, but it is not the pre-crisis pattern either. as theooking at china most important contributor to global growth going forward. three things to consider as we work through the topic of china in our lives today. the first is china as a consumer of stuff. my colleagues at the peterson interests -- institute have suggested that china might be called the united states within a decade. if we were to measure china in purchasing, power, and parity terms, we could see china across in the united states. consider that china, with its currently 9% headline in domestic growth, that is mostly in and then -- in an industrial economy. as a consum
this blue line is us. the united states used to be held sized chunk of global growth. the baseline is great. whenever i expected to make for living yesterday, i have a better chance this year. new economic activity at the margin. with europe and the united states in crisis, we have dipped into negative factors in terms of global growth activity. from china and india went through the roof. going back to the old pattern, it is not extraordinary, but it is not the pre-crisis pattern either. as...
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i use like to listen and use would not like to talk. but for somebody like me who is stupid about politics, it is obvious they are tried to take him down. i do not think he is qualified to be present. just like the present guy, not enough experience. thirdly, ron paul has never been accused of anything. he is pristine. it is a tragedy we did not put someone in the white house who is an older man who as wrinkles. that is what it is about. he is an old man. women in a country -- it is sad, but i have come to the conclusion that men did not like women or do not respect women in america. if women search our hearts, we are wearing a parka -- burka. i have accepted it. it is true. host: let's move on to antonio. miami, florida. caller: good morning. what i think we need here in the states is -- are you there? host: we are listening. caller: obama -- all of these republicans who heard something out there in congress the other day at a meeting, you do not even love your kids and grandkids. all across obama government. sir, i think we should hav
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most of them hate us. i think he is a much more traditional politician than people thought. >> i always remember a senator on the intelligence committee pointing to me and saying, "you are the only oversight for the intelligence committee." and i said, "what do you mean? you are the intelligence committee?" >> do you believe that the value of the information you have released to the public is worth the costs you have borne, time wise, otherwise? >> absolutely. >> do you believe that the value of the information that you have given is where the individual consequences that you have faith could >> yes. i thought about it at the time. i think i decided with the and is a story and other stories, i decided if i do not write these stories, then i should get out of the business, because this is what you get into the business to do. if you do not do these stories, then what do you do? these are the best stories you are ever going to get, and i thought, during that time period, this is why i became a reporter, and
most of them hate us. i think he is a much more traditional politician than people thought. >> i always remember a senator on the intelligence committee pointing to me and saying, "you are the only oversight for the intelligence committee." and i said, "what do you mean? you are the intelligence committee?" >> do you believe that the value of the information you have released to the public is worth the costs you have borne, time wise, otherwise? >>...
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that is good for us. that is a job creator here in the united states. ,000 to 12,000 10 thousand jobs you create on the home front. those disagreements are going to be tough and profound and broadcast in the headlines to the rest of the world. we must do some work in terms of finding areas that are considered common ground combat areas of commonality, whether that is regional security or economic rebalancing or new energy technologies or finding breakthroughs in human disease. there are some things we should be work not where we can bring that which we're working on in abundance and strength and trying to improve our humankind. we should be working on issues like that. we're in it for the long haul. the 21st century will be this century were the united states and china try to forge a relationship that is sustainable. we have a lot of work yet to go. this will require leadership that understands how the chinese system operates. knows their history. i bring this to the table on like anyone else in the race.
that is good for us. that is a job creator here in the united states. ,000 to 12,000 10 thousand jobs you create on the home front. those disagreements are going to be tough and profound and broadcast in the headlines to the rest of the world. we must do some work in terms of finding areas that are considered common ground combat areas of commonality, whether that is regional security or economic rebalancing or new energy technologies or finding breakthroughs in human disease. there are some...
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i use like to listen and use would not like to talk. but for somebody like me who is stupid about politics, it is obvious they are tried to take him down. i do not think he is qualified to be present. just like the present guy, not enough experience. thirdly, ron paul has never been accused of anything. he is pristine. it is a tragedy we did not put someone in the white house who is an older man who as wrinkles. that is what it is about. he is an old man. women in a country -- it is sad, but i have come to the conclusion that men did not like women or do not respect women in america. if women search our hearts, we are wearing a parka -- burka. i have accepted it. it is true. host: let's move on to antonio. miami, florida. caller: good morning. what i think we need here in the states is -- are you there? host: we are listening. caller: obama -- all of these republicans who heard something out there in congress the other day at a meeting, you do not even love your kids and grandkids. all across obama government. sir, i think we should hav
i use like to listen and use would not like to talk. but for somebody like me who is stupid about politics, it is obvious they are tried to take him down. i do not think he is qualified to be present. just like the present guy, not enough experience. thirdly, ron paul has never been accused of anything. he is pristine. it is a tragedy we did not put someone in the white house who is an older man who as wrinkles. that is what it is about. he is an old man. women in a country -- it is sad, but i...
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if you will tell us what your objections and concerns are, you can tell us your response. if you referring to current activities by the financial volker rules, the folk is not enough to get. he was the chairman of the federal reserve and i looked at his picture every day. we will certainly try to make sure that the spirit of the rule is enforced. >> thank you very much. >> senator thank you mr. chairm. thank you for your service. both sides of the financial houses, the congress and the fed bang, face a significant challenge. we are both on the hot seat. i do not think it is a prepared for one to blame another. you have not done that. it seems sometimes too much attention is focused on what the fed bank should do and it is not within the fed bang possibility of doing. we are deflecting the blame over to you. nevertheless, you indicate in your opening statement here, i quote "the future of federal fiscal policies remains uncertain." that uncertainty is something we all here as we go back to our states and talk to businesses and others. it is pervasive threat industry, busine
if you will tell us what your objections and concerns are, you can tell us your response. if you referring to current activities by the financial volker rules, the folk is not enough to get. he was the chairman of the federal reserve and i looked at his picture every day. we will certainly try to make sure that the spirit of the rule is enforced. >> thank you very much. >> senator thank you mr. chairm. thank you for your service. both sides of the financial houses, the congress and...
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are divisions within us. look at the evangelist who hail against this and that and suddenly turns out to be doing this and that. this is a complex human thing. we've got the best set of rules, however imperfect they may be. they call it sausage making over at the capitol, you know, about legislation. want to see how it's made, but it sure tastes good. we end up with a democracy in which there's lots of sausage making going on. and prohibition is one of those great examples, trying to figure out how to do right. alcoholism is still a big problem in the united states what are we going to do? >> sarah, jacksonville, florida, democratic caller. the conversation. guest: good morning, sarah. caller: good morning. thank you so much. being an outdoors person, i loved your documentary on national parks. guest: i'm so glad. thank you. caller: here in florida we have governor scott who wants to privatize our state parks. but my question is, many years ago my husband and i were protesting against the invasion of iraq. an
are divisions within us. look at the evangelist who hail against this and that and suddenly turns out to be doing this and that. this is a complex human thing. we've got the best set of rules, however imperfect they may be. they call it sausage making over at the capitol, you know, about legislation. want to see how it's made, but it sure tastes good. we end up with a democracy in which there's lots of sausage making going on. and prohibition is one of those great examples, trying to figure out...
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thank you for joining us. dr. john macon is an american scholar at the american enterprise institute. he is a former consultant to the u.s. treasury department, the congressional budget office, and the imf. he specializes in international finance and financial markets including stocks, bonds, and currencies. he is also -- research's monetary policy and tax and budget issues as well as the japanese economy and the european economy. he is the author of numerous books and articles on financial, monetary, and fiscal policy. dr. fred bergstrom has been director and widely squirted think-tank economist at the peterson institute for international economics in 1981. he has been ranked -- the type is getting smaller and my eyes are getting worse. he is ranked as someone who can move the markets. he was the assistant secretary for international affairs of the u.s. treasury under the carter administration. he also functioned as undersecretary for monetary affairs in preparing the g-7 summit in 1981. during 1969-1971, he coor
thank you for joining us. dr. john macon is an american scholar at the american enterprise institute. he is a former consultant to the u.s. treasury department, the congressional budget office, and the imf. he specializes in international finance and financial markets including stocks, bonds, and currencies. he is also -- research's monetary policy and tax and budget issues as well as the japanese economy and the european economy. he is the author of numerous books and articles on financial,...
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we should never forget the principles that made us great and will keep us great. thanks for listening. bless this great country. >> iowa senator tom harkin, chairman of the health education labor and pension committee talks about the reauthorization of the no child left behind digitation off which is a committee approve this week, the status of jobs legislation, and new legislation. sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> testimony from treasury secretary timothy geithner who urged senators to pass the american jobs at. he faced criticism from the ranking republican on the committee. senator olympia snowe. >> i was there when president reagan was elected. if faced more -- we faced a severe problems and we have a democratic house and republican senate and we work hand in glove to get it done for the american people. no, rome is burning. we are facing the decimation of our community and they want help and they feel that they are not getting any deference from the administration and from their members of congress for that matter to work together. if
we should never forget the principles that made us great and will keep us great. thanks for listening. bless this great country. >> iowa senator tom harkin, chairman of the health education labor and pension committee talks about the reauthorization of the no child left behind digitation off which is a committee approve this week, the status of jobs legislation, and new legislation. sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> testimony from treasury secretary timothy...
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this kind of actions identified by us, structured by us, implemented by us, will help us work in positive ways to deal with the budgets that will be formulated for us by others. we can, we must, and i promise you, we will do better. as the army's top civilian, i have one of the greatest honors here this week in its exposition. i get to help kick off this week with what amounts to a prime- time address. that is the honor. but there is a challenge as well. the challenge is to try to make all this bureaucracy sound remotely interesting, when i know what you really want is some hoo-ah. i have been blessed with my share of hoo-ah moments this past year. we marked the anniversary of september 11 with somber remarks, and for the first time we reflected and remember those losses without the world's most notorious terrorist still at large. we ended a policy that forced young men women to live a life of anathema to the they are. we know who they are. they are american soldiers. remarked great courage and sacrifice. president obama awarded the medal of honor to staff sergeant -- and staff sgt for hi
this kind of actions identified by us, structured by us, implemented by us, will help us work in positive ways to deal with the budgets that will be formulated for us by others. we can, we must, and i promise you, we will do better. as the army's top civilian, i have one of the greatest honors here this week in its exposition. i get to help kick off this week with what amounts to a prime- time address. that is the honor. but there is a challenge as well. the challenge is to try to make all this...
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and we think it is useful to see and learn from what came before us. and would recognize that -- societies are changeable. liberals -- god bless them. they are always changing, chasing after the latticed -- the latest fad. several of the -- liberals are the kardashians of american politics. our role, and the words of william f. buckley, is to stand in the street yelling "stop." our friends on the left to think every popular idea and in europe is going to work here, that is what they believe. but we are sensitive to the history and preferences of the american people. what works for our own path and our own experience. so, we pay attention to what the founding father said, but it broke, what they thought, and i want to talk very briefly about three principles i think we have to keep in mind and move forward in this historic election year. first, you cannot sustain a great nation on a decaying foundation. we the people are the foundation of this country. i am here to tell you and our nation will only be as secure as we are in our personal lives. we all ha
and we think it is useful to see and learn from what came before us. and would recognize that -- societies are changeable. liberals -- god bless them. they are always changing, chasing after the latticed -- the latest fad. several of the -- liberals are the kardashians of american politics. our role, and the words of william f. buckley, is to stand in the street yelling "stop." our friends on the left to think every popular idea and in europe is going to work here, that is what they...
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they want to know if they can continue to use the same traditional fouls that they had been using. they don't want to be considered incinerators, because they are not. they want to know what the rules are and want time to comply with them. these things are under discussion at the e.p.a. and industry is weighing in and letting its feelings be known. should the environmental protection agency need legislation, which they may or may not, we should be ready for assistance. i don't think the industry wants to throw out the clean air act and allow mercury to be considered nothing, no problem. which is what you would expect when you hear the debate on the republican side of the aisle. i don't think they would like all of this issue of public health to be so minimized as we hear in the republican debate. this is not a practical solution. this is a blunt instrument that the republicans are putting forward that will not become law. so let reasonable people talk about the issue and try to resolve it. if we need to pass legislation, let's pass reasonable legislation and get something done, not
they want to know if they can continue to use the same traditional fouls that they had been using. they don't want to be considered incinerators, because they are not. they want to know what the rules are and want time to comply with them. these things are under discussion at the e.p.a. and industry is weighing in and letting its feelings be known. should the environmental protection agency need legislation, which they may or may not, we should be ready for assistance. i don't think the...
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it is used very use lead throughout washington. you don't create a job. if you have a new product, the demand for the new product, and somebody to make it, that is creating a new job. increasing starbucks or kentucky fried is not creating jobs. host: what kind of business are you in, small business? caller: polyurethanes molding. host: how many do you employ? caller: two. host: and use a business has not been great. -- use say business has not been great. caller: i had to move from upper-middle-class to lower middle-class borderline. host: what do you think your future prospects are? caller: for myself, just to tread water. nafta was the downfall of the u.s. everybody talks about how president clinton had a balanced budget, a surplus. he is the one that signed it away when he jumped the gun and signed the free trade agreement with china, even though they have no child labor laws, slave labor laws, no osha -- they just have no regulations at all. and then 25% -- they give us a 25% tariff. totally unfair trade. host: what would you say to david in ohio who
it is used very use lead throughout washington. you don't create a job. if you have a new product, the demand for the new product, and somebody to make it, that is creating a new job. increasing starbucks or kentucky fried is not creating jobs. host: what kind of business are you in, small business? caller: polyurethanes molding. host: how many do you employ? caller: two. host: and use a business has not been great. -- use say business has not been great. caller: i had to move from...
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are you with us? caller: i am less concerned about what our president does on sunday morning as i am about what they do on friday and saturday night. i am more interested in whether or not someone is going to come home and beat their wives. i am more worried about whether or not they are interested in representing all people of even faceless people, what about the atheist? i am more interested in getting a job. the republicans want to say that they are about jobs and then all they do when they get elected is talk about abortion and voter fraud, which there is very little. they won a key people from voting. i am more interested in that. your religion should not have that thing to do with what you do in the white house. host: our last call from colorado, good morning. caller:, i lived around mormons and i live around them now. i have lived outside of salt lake city and i am going to tell you this -- the very afraid of these people and what their doctrine is. they have places in the hill because they bel
are you with us? caller: i am less concerned about what our president does on sunday morning as i am about what they do on friday and saturday night. i am more interested in whether or not someone is going to come home and beat their wives. i am more worried about whether or not they are interested in representing all people of even faceless people, what about the atheist? i am more interested in getting a job. the republicans want to say that they are about jobs and then all they do when they...
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when i use the term weak i didn't -- i was using iran's assumption of us. i was not using our perception of our country. just to clarify that. and i believe bin laden when he believed we were weak he totally underestimated the united states of pleark and the character of our -- america and the character of our people. the role of the military plays right now with iran primarily is planning. i mean, the united states military has been asked to put together a plan to conduct war with this country. on different basis. and this is not unusual for us. you know, we have to do that sort of planning in the event that we have strategic surprise or the -- >> as this hearing continues, you can continue to watch it online at c-span.org. but we're breaking away here for live house coverage. the -- they're meeting for legislative work. a bill for the federal government to swap land in arizona. they want to mine copper on federal land. the federal government gets land in arizona. members will debate rules for two other bills. one repealing the requirement of the governmen
when i use the term weak i didn't -- i was using iran's assumption of us. i was not using our perception of our country. just to clarify that. and i believe bin laden when he believed we were weak he totally underestimated the united states of pleark and the character of our -- america and the character of our people. the role of the military plays right now with iran primarily is planning. i mean, the united states military has been asked to put together a plan to conduct war with this...
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help us. obama directed secretary of education arne duncan to issue waivers the state to relieve them from some of the burdens of all law. i think to date we have 39 states and poor rico and the district of columbia that have indicated they want out. the administration moved ahead with that, and that broke up the senate. they decided they did not want to be on the sidelines, they did not want the administration basically free riding along, so that is what we saw all this action all the sun after four years of inaction. , how likely is this new education measure to be approved by congress this session? >> that is a great question. i do not predict these things because it is hard to step up -- to tell. on the house side republicans have the 22 did this in piecemeal. only one of the bills passed the floor. i do not know how committed they are on taking on a comprehensive rewrite. we will have to see what happens in conference if this one gets passed on the senate floor. we will find out. >> lynds
help us. obama directed secretary of education arne duncan to issue waivers the state to relieve them from some of the burdens of all law. i think to date we have 39 states and poor rico and the district of columbia that have indicated they want out. the administration moved ahead with that, and that broke up the senate. they decided they did not want to be on the sidelines, they did not want the administration basically free riding along, so that is what we saw all this action all the sun...
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us for a long time. i urge people to look at it. these agreements create jobs for americans, and the tariff cuts alone is going to increase them -- increase exports of american tourists by $10 billion. those represent jobs for america, and we will not have those jobs if we do not have this agreement. the panama agreement also guarantees access to a billion dollars service, and to address our concerns with banking laws we thought were not fair to us, they have amended to deal with anonymous accounts. they help us with accountability, but the most controversial is the colombian agreements, and i am sympathetic but the comments of two valuable members of our committee, there is no stronger voice in these things, but there can be differences of opinion, even as we all acknowledge there are continued problems, but a lot of us have pushed for a long time on columbia's efforts to institute a strong ministry of labor. that has been one of our goals. recentlys government passed a measure requiring the executive t
us for a long time. i urge people to look at it. these agreements create jobs for americans, and the tariff cuts alone is going to increase them -- increase exports of american tourists by $10 billion. those represent jobs for america, and we will not have those jobs if we do not have this agreement. the panama agreement also guarantees access to a billion dollars service, and to address our concerns with banking laws we thought were not fair to us, they have amended to deal with anonymous...
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you didn't need to jam us. you shouldn't jam us on any bill. but on this bill, you were going to win. now some of us think we were wasting our time because as the senator from tennessee said this wasn't going to become law anyway. we're sitting around here when we ought to be passing trade bills. the president asked us to vote on his jobs bill. i wanted to give him an opportunity to have a vote the other day. you guys didn't want to vote on what the president was asking us to vote on without any changes. but you could prevent that, and you did. look, let's don't change this place. america doesn't need less debate. it needs more debate. and when 60 members of the united states senate decide to pass something, it will pass. i think we made a big mistake tonight. and as soon as we all kind of cool off and think about it over the weekend, i hope we'll undo what we did tonight because it's not in the best interest of this institution or the american people. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate sho
you didn't need to jam us. you shouldn't jam us on any bill. but on this bill, you were going to win. now some of us think we were wasting our time because as the senator from tennessee said this wasn't going to become law anyway. we're sitting around here when we ought to be passing trade bills. the president asked us to vote on his jobs bill. i wanted to give him an opportunity to have a vote the other day. you guys didn't want to vote on what the president was asking us to vote on without...
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they are now fighting alongside us in afghanistan, help us with mexico and the drug cartels by teaching the mexican national police and military how to handle those drug cartels. it's the first country to adopt a labor action plan. let me speak to that. that labor action plan was adopted this year, april 11. you'll hear a lot of complaints, it hasn't moved fast enough. it's already organized deprosers into youngs in six months. it's the stroppingest labor plan ever adopted in the history of the united states trade agreements. that's not my opinion, that's the preponderance of the secretary of labor of this country, it's the opinion of the congressional research office and frankly a lot of people say, this is another and a half tasm it's not nafta. nafta didn't have the i.l.o. declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work and the followup provisions. this is the peru free trade agreement we passed that has that, right here, under article 17. s the colombian free trade agrement, exactly the same, the principles are the same, number two reads effective recognition of the right t
they are now fighting alongside us in afghanistan, help us with mexico and the drug cartels by teaching the mexican national police and military how to handle those drug cartels. it's the first country to adopt a labor action plan. let me speak to that. that labor action plan was adopted this year, april 11. you'll hear a lot of complaints, it hasn't moved fast enough. it's already organized deprosers into youngs in six months. it's the stroppingest labor plan ever adopted in the history of the...
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that is the rhetoric thats used against us. id has to be their self interest that we appeal to, and it has to be our self interest which we must pursue as well and not act as though as we are somehow older than thou. we believe that our self interest is the interest that people in this world impart, that the values are values in which move this world in the right direction. that has to be at the core of our interests, the values that we pursue. because they have a tremendous, powerful effect around the world. >> many of the things you have said about pakistan remind me what was said about saudi arabia. that behavior did not change until 2004 when these attacks started targeting the saudi oil family. when you speak of pakistan, do they need an attack that truly threatens them? that shows them that they have to take us seriously? >> attacks from terrorism? they have lost tens of thousands of people from terrorism. a prime minister from terrorism. >> that truly threatens their power. what breaks through that mentality? >> what bre
that is the rhetoric thats used against us. id has to be their self interest that we appeal to, and it has to be our self interest which we must pursue as well and not act as though as we are somehow older than thou. we believe that our self interest is the interest that people in this world impart, that the values are values in which move this world in the right direction. that has to be at the core of our interests, the values that we pursue. because they have a tremendous, powerful effect...
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several of us were there. we worked on a debt forgiveness package for third world countries because larry has a heart of compassion for those who are suffering. the initiative that was taken in that gathering was bill clinton and larry summers and others resulted in a debt reduction of 30 billion a dollars to over indebted third world countries to give them a fresh start. he is a wonderful person as are all the members of this panel. you are going to get to know that. one of them, by the way, robert gibbs said he worked for a man who worked for my father. it is incestuous and washington. everybody works for everybody sooner or later. we are all friends. they have rules. no gouging, no biting, no kidding. maintain civility. i think you are what you have a wonderful debate. i hope to come up with some solutions to a america's debt problems. let me introduce a tremendous broadcaster, brought to bear. --brett baer. >> thank you for that introduction. i know that you just celebrated 50 years. i know you have celebr
several of us were there. we worked on a debt forgiveness package for third world countries because larry has a heart of compassion for those who are suffering. the initiative that was taken in that gathering was bill clinton and larry summers and others resulted in a debt reduction of 30 billion a dollars to over indebted third world countries to give them a fresh start. he is a wonderful person as are all the members of this panel. you are going to get to know that. one of them, by the way,...
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i used to go to law school. i do not go too many of them any more because i end up in too many poor schools with great kids, most of whom will never have a chance because they are in a rotten school. i get a little worked up over it, as you all know. my message to all these kids is, listen, you can grow up and be whatever you want to be. i think most of us have to work for a living. lifework becomes life central activity. go do something you like. succeed in something you want to succeed in regardless of what it is. >> mr. speaker, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. [applause] >> next up, we have the former president of pakistan with david bradley interviewing him. thanks, david. >> good morning, mr. president. good morning, everyone. president scharf is exactly 10 years older than i am. the volume of what he put into his 68 years far surpasses my 68 years. born in 1943 -- that is before the great partition of india and pakistan. his earliest memories were being on that night train, traveling to pa
i used to go to law school. i do not go too many of them any more because i end up in too many poor schools with great kids, most of whom will never have a chance because they are in a rotten school. i get a little worked up over it, as you all know. my message to all these kids is, listen, you can grow up and be whatever you want to be. i think most of us have to work for a living. lifework becomes life central activity. go do something you like. succeed in something you want to succeed in...